Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho de Souzais a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. He is the recipient of numerous international awards, amongst them the Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum. His novel The Alchemist has been translated into 80 languages. The author has sold over 200 million copies worldwide and is the all-time bestselling Portuguese language author...
NationalityBrazilian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 August 1947
CityRio de Janeiro, Brazil
CountryBrazil
Don't ask permission. If it does not work, you can apologize later.
Absolute freedom does not exist; what does exist is the freedom to choose anything you like and then commit yourself to that decision.
Life is made of our attitudes. And there are certain things that the gods oblige us to live through. Their reason for this does not matter, and there is no action we can take to make them pass us by.
God only rarely reveals the future. When he does so, it is for one reason: it's a future that was written so as to be altered.
He who does not take insults seriously, is on the path to wisdom.
Time does not always pass at the same speed. We are the ones who determine that speed.
Death does not allow us to postpone all the things we can experience now.
He does not however postpone making decisions.
He though does not always have faith.
He does not keep company with those who wish to harm him.
A Warrior knows that everything a person does has enduring consequences.
When things start to happen, and the path does reveal itself to us, we become afraid of carrying on
Love does not to be understood. It needs only to be shown.
The happiness of one does not mean the unhappiness of the others.